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Free games like Last Year: The Nightmare

Below are 10 free-to-play Steam games similar to Last Year: The Nightmare, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.

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Ranked picks

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    Doki Doki Literature Club! — Steam game cover

    Doki Doki Literature Club!

    Free-to-play alternative to Last Year: The Nightmare — no purchase or trial window.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Ultimate Custom Night — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Custom Night

    Free-to-play alternative to Last Year: The Nightmare — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Last Year: The Nightmare.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Indigo Park: Chapter 1 — Steam game cover

    Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    Free-to-play alternative to Last Year: The Nightmare — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Last Year: The Nightmare.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    STRAFTAT — Steam game cover

    STRAFTAT

    Free-to-play alternative to Last Year: The Nightmare — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Last Year: The Nightmare.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive — Steam game cover

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    Free-to-play alternative to Last Year: The Nightmare — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Last Year: The Nightmare.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Iron Snout — Steam game cover

    Iron Snout

    Free-to-play alternative to Last Year: The Nightmare — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Last Year: The Nightmare.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Lab — Steam game cover

    The Lab

    Free-to-play alternative to Last Year: The Nightmare — no purchase or trial window.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Hello Neighbor Alpha 2 — Steam game cover

    Hello Neighbor Alpha 2

    Free-to-play alternative to Last Year: The Nightmare — no purchase or trial window.

    Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventureFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Last Year — Steam game cover

    Last Year

    Free-to-play alternative to Last Year: The Nightmare — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Last Year: The Nightmare.

    Enter the nightmarish world of Last Year, where you and four other classmates try to survive, fight back and ultimately escape a horrifying Fiend in this unique horror asymmetric game.

    2019ActionFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Call of Duty®: Warzone™ — Steam game cover

    Call of Duty®: Warzone™

    Free-to-play alternative to Last Year: The Nightmare — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Last Year: The Nightmare.

    Welcome to Call of Duty®: Warzone™, the massive free-to-play combat arena. Experience thrilling modes & new gameplay features across Endgame (for a limited time), Battle Royale, Black Ops Royale, and Resurgence.

    2022ActionFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →